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Working Papers

2012

1. Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz
   See also Journal Article Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions, British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2005

2. Candidate Quality, Pressure Group Endorsements, And The Nature Of Political Advertising
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Candidate quality, pressure group endorsements and the nature of political advertising, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2007) View citations (21) (2007)
3. Is Status Quo Bias Consistent With Downward Sloping Demand?
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz
   See also Journal Article IS STATUS QUO BIAS CONSISTENT WITH DOWNWARD‐SLOPING DEMAND?, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2008) (2008)
4. Pressure Groups And Political Advertising: How Uninformed Voters Can Use Strategic Rules Of Thumb
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz View citations (1)
5. The Organization Of Family Interactions: Minimizing Transaction Costs And Strategic Behavior
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz
6. Voting on Income Redistribution: How a Little Bit of Altruism Creates Transitivity
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz View citations (4)

2003

7. LITIGATION WITH SYMMETRIC BARGAINING AND TWO-SIDED INCOMPLETE INFORMATION
   Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz View citations (2)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2003) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Litigation with Symmetric Bargaining and Two-Sided Incomplete Information, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2007) View citations (11) (2007)

1980

8. Nonmyoptic Equilibria
   Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

1. District versus at-large voting: Why district voting results in worse policy for minorities
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 81, (C)

2016

2. What is Wrong with Phelps’s Analysis of the West’s Economies?
   Homo Oeconomicus: Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, 2016, 33, (1), 51-56

2014

3. Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions
   British Journal of Political Science, 2014, 44, (4), 717-739 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions, Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2012) (2012)

2009

4. Bargaining in the Shadow of War: When Is a Peaceful Resolution Most Likely?
   American Journal of Political Science, 2009, 53, (3), 588-602 View citations (5)
5. How Pressure Groups Activate Voters and Move Candidates Closer to the Median
   Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (540), 1324-1343 View citations (6)
   Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (540), 1324-1343 (2009) View citations (6)

2008

6. IS STATUS QUO BIAS CONSISTENT WITH DOWNWARD‐SLOPING DEMAND?
   Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (2), 283-288
   See also Working Paper Is Status Quo Bias Consistent With Downward Sloping Demand?, Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2005) (2005)
7. Targeted political advertising and strategic behavior by uninformed voters
   Economics of Governance, 2008, 9, (1), 87-100 View citations (2)

2007

8. Candidate quality, pressure group endorsements and the nature of political advertising
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (2), 360-378 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Candidate Quality, Pressure Group Endorsements, And The Nature Of Political Advertising, Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
9. Litigation with Symmetric Bargaining and Two-Sided Incomplete Information
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2007, 23, (1), 98-126 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper LITIGATION WITH SYMMETRIC BARGAINING AND TWO-SIDED INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (2) (2003)

2005

10. Reply to Caplan: On the Methodology of Testing for Voter Irrationality
    Econ Journal Watch, 2005, 2, (1), 22-31 View citations (5)
11. Second Reply to Caplan: The Power and the Glory of the Median Voter
    Econ Journal Watch, 2005, 2, (2), 186-195 View citations (2)
12. The Internal Organization of the Family: Economic Analysis and Psychological Advice
    Kyklos, 2005, 58, (1), 121-144
13. Valence characteristics, costly policy and the median-crossing property: A diagrammatic exposition
    Public Choice, 2005, 124, (3), 365-382 View citations (2)

2004

14. Book Reviews
    De Economist, 2004, 152, (1), 133-145

2003

15. Lay Juries, Professional Arbitrators, and the Arbitrator Selection Hypothesis
    American Law and Economics Review, 2003, 5, (1), 61-93 View citations (5)

2001

16. Contests where there is variation in the marginal productivity of effort
    Economic Theory, 2001, 18, (3), 711-744 View citations (20)
17. original papers: Implementation with partial verification
    Review of Economic Design, 2001, 6, (1), 63-84 View citations (7)

2000

18. The Wealth and Size of Nations
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2000, 44, (6), 868-884 View citations (40)

1997

19. Learning Liability Rules
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1997, 26, (1), 145-64 View citations (14)

1995

20. Why voters vote for incumbents but against incumbency: A rational choice explanation
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (1), 67-83 View citations (14)

1993

21. Nash equilibrium vs. maximin: A comparative game statics analysis
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 9, (4), 559-565 View citations (12)

1991

22. Nations and States: Mergers and Acquisitions; Dissolutions and Divorce
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 126-29 View citations (27)

1989

23. Arms Control Verification and Other Games Involving Imperfect Detection
    American Political Science Review, 1989, 83, (3), 923-945 View citations (4)
24. Book reviews
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (1), 93-100
25. Why Democracies Produce Efficient Results
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (6), 1395-1424 View citations (349)

1988

26. Dispute Resolution, Bargaining, and the Selection of Cases for Trial: A Study of the Generation of Biased and Unbiased Data
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1988, 17, (2), 313-52 View citations (14)
27. Economic Contests with Incomplete Information and Optimal Contest Design
    Management Science, 1988, 34, (4), 528-540 View citations (3)

1986

28. Final-Offer Arbitration
    Management Science, 1986, 32, (12), 1551-1561 View citations (11)
29. The Price of Negligence under Differing Liability Rules
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1986, 29, (1), 151-63 View citations (3)

1985

30. Counter-intuitive results in game theory
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 1, (1), 77-89 View citations (21)
31. Pigovian taxes which work in the small-number case
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1985, 12, (2), 144-154 View citations (2)
32. Should compensation be based on costs or benefits?
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1985, 5, (2), 173-185 View citations (2)

1984

33. Liability for Harm or Restitution for Benefit?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1984, 13, (1), 57-80 View citations (6)
34. Multi-candidate equilibria
    Public Choice, 1984, 43, (3), 287-291

1983

35. Candidate Motivation: A Synthesis of Alternative Theories
    American Political Science Review, 1983, 77, (1), 142-157 View citations (241)
36. The Peak Income Hypothesis: An Econometric Reinvestigation
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1983, 65, (2), 358-60

1982

37. Efficient Rules in Highway Safety and Sports Activity
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (1), 78-90 View citations (4)

1981

38. Nonmyopic Equilibria in 2×2 Games
    Conflict Management and Peace Science, 1981, 6, (1), 39-62 View citations (6)

1979

39. How a War Ends
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1979, 23, (4), 743-763 View citations (10)

1977

40. Candidates with policy preferences: A dynamic model
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1977, 14, (1), 180-189 View citations (160)

1976

41. Various Concepts of Power Equivalence Among Ostensibly Unrelated Approaches
    British Journal of Political Science, 1976, 6, (4), 449-462 View citations (1)

1975

42. Determinants of Participation in Presidential Elections: Comment
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1975, 18, (3), 735-41

1974

43. Reviews
    Public Choice, 1974, 17, (1), 115-129
44. Two Views of Procedure
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1974, 3, (1), 249-256 View citations (2)

1973

45. Cheating and control
    Public Choice, 1973, 14, (1), 137-142
46. Parties as Utility Maximizers*
    American Political Science Review, 1973, 67, (2), 490-498 View citations (88)

Books

2008

1. The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (124)

2006

2. Economic Foundations of Law and Organization
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (4)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2006) View citations (4)

1997

3. The Myth of Democratic Failure
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (6)

Edited books

Undated

1. The Economics of Governance
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2009

1. Theocracy and the Evolution of Morals
   Palgrave Macmillan

2008

2. The Power to Propose versus the Power to Oppose
   Springer

2002

3. Normative public finance without guilt: why normative public finance is positive public finance
   Chapter 6 in Political Economy and Public Finance, 2002